Stephen Curry looks healthy at Warriors’ Tip-Off Luncheon

Updated 10:47 pm, Monday, October 10, 2016

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Kevin Durant, right, speaks during the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton. less

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Steve Kerr addresses the media after the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton. less

Steve Kerr addresses the media after the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the ... more

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Kevin Durant listens in during the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the Ritz ... more

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Left to right, Bob Fitzgerald, Steve Kerr and Bob Myers speak during the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton. less

Left to right, Bob Fitzgerald, Steve Kerr and Bob Myers speak during the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top ... more

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Members of the Warriors sat with attendees of their Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the ... more

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People gather at the Ritz Carlton for the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the ... more

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Bob Myers speaks during the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton.

Bob Myers speaks during the Warriors Tip-Off Luncheon in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Steve Kerr and the warriors met some of the city's top officials during a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton.

Perhaps the biggest development: Stephen Curry, who had missed the past two Golden State practices with a sore throat, attended the event. The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player was his typical easygoing self during a group question-and-answer session, ribbing Thompson for being hilarious even though “he doesn’t even realize it.”

“I think so,” Kerr said when asked after the luncheon if Curry was feeling better. “I haven’t talked to him, but the fact that he’s here ... I wasn’t even sure that he’d be here.”

Curry had been under the weather for the past week, and the illness might have contributed to his underwhelming preseason. Through three games, he is averaging 11.7 points, 4.3 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 22 minutes. Curry, who boasts a career field-goal percentage of 47.7, is shooting 40.9 percent from the floor (37.5 percent from beyond the arc).

His absences came on days in which Kerr installed offensive sets and reviewed defensive principles. Those practices were more for the benefit of newcomers, of course. After seven seasons with the organization, including two under Kerr, Curry is well-schooled on Golden State’s schemes.

The Warriors, who were off Monday, return to practice Tuesday in advance of Friday’s exhibition game at Denver.

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